Elbow housing and the like



Sept- 3, 1930 i A. E. HOHMEISTER 1,776,386

ELBOW HOUSING AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 20, 1929 i P tented Sept. 23, 1930 c mm es c NoIivNA'rI, oHIo, A. oonr'onn'rron or OHIO wThlS invention. relates to acover housing for use withplumbing fixtures and the. like zandghasj foran object: the) provision. of a lsi'mpleand inexpensive, construction which is easy toamounton :and'remove from afixture.

' Anothefobjectis to provideaa readily at-,

tachableand detachable cover for elbow oon I V j necti'o'nS} which: is free from: direct (connection 1 with the elbow or pipe concealed by it.

ing means withthe elbow in Another object is to provide a simple means described herein and disclosed in the Fig.2 is a perspective view of the mount place and the cover removed therefrom.. I

' Fig. 3-is a perspective view showing the 5 parts in operative oposition about an elbow y y apart from the fixture. o Fig.4 is a view partly incross section showing the device in an'operativeposition ona fixture. 1

Fig. 5is an elevational view showingthe mannerof lnserting'the cover housing in a fixture assembly.

I A flush tanksuch as'7, and a bowl 8 have I a space'betweenthem acros's'which extendsa flush pipe 9, usually inthe form of an elbow.

In both the new-and existing installations thisfiush pipeis visible and it becomes bottomopening so that it may be seated about .a flush pipe to cover thetopand sides of such corroded and collects dirt, and is practically the only connection which presents difliculty .l; I of housing to shield it from the accumulation 4o of dirt and to conceal it from view. 1

In the present invention a housing (of any suitable shape is provided with a rear and pipegor elbow 9 WlthOllfi contacting it and without any direct connection to the pipe. This.is highly desirable because it avoids the difficulties and disadvantages whichattend an attempt to fastena housing upon a pipe or elbow which is covered by it. The flush pipe 3 nnnowlnousme AND THE LrKE I :jApjiliatibffiled.September 20.1929." Serial'N-o. 394,019. 1 H

is usually made of brass tubingl andis i to be crusliedor dented if a careless workman tlghtens a clamp too tightly upon it.

; Andaman, nonivinis'rnn; cinema-am, 'onrro,v Assa e e THE was nouctnsf In the present invention; the housing is provided with side walls or 'aprons101anda front 11 connecting them. Theopposite ends 12; and 13 .of the housing; are arranged to conform to and to abutthebottom of-the tank 7 andthe face of the bowlS. in whicha spud 14 receives the flush pipe. v Integral lugszlo ontheapron 10 have bottom faces "16 ,dis-

. posed-at the rearthereofiq lt is to be noted that no manner ofdirect connectionisneces sary between means.

. The 10a stigma fastn ite kaite ai the bottom of the tank7is provided with outwardly extending lugs 18 with threaded bores/lQitherein; 7; A simple threadedstud QO i a v is" adapted to be screwed into anyone of, the

the housing and he mounting Q threadejd'boresl9 which, in tightening the lock nut can be disposed closest the rear center line oftheelbow 9.. A curved yoke 2lihasja perforation therein throughfwhjich ,the stud 2 1 m- Pes n a ng nut 22 s rves to, upport this yoke on the stud at any desired vat on J f i t o h o oing t ll be pp r t he wh mh s u i r du tinw .ollei ot the p orat ns 8 n th y e and W nanut are positioned loosely thereon, the housing m y b read y :pa i ed, las in wtedt Fig+5if3 1. at.-.th msfaqes T1 .otrt PFQ l p i of he; ou g. me a ovea he yok wh reup n th y e m y i u ned tr ye' elyitqla. Po tio in whic b h of. the lugs 15 are supported by it. Itvwill be noted ,that'tlie width of the housing and the space between it and theelbow gwill permit 4:;

of this positioning. and adjustment, without a y .d fl i u ty w o er; T ereup y tightening upon the .wing nut, the yoke will raise the outer ends of the. apron until the entire-top edge 12 of the housing is in abutment with the bottom ofthegtankflfl "The movement to this position causesthe opposite I end ofthe housing to move intosubstantial abutment with ,the bowl 8 and the'f'spud 14 thereonmay support the inner face of the housing. i

: 3;:II1 comb'nationgwitha tank =and'bowl,

T made in such form as to harmonize 'withthe facile attachment and-detachment.

As indicated in the housingmay be style of the fixture to which it is applied. The 1 arrangement however is such that any of the V decorative forms or shapes adapted to the invention and they provide me readily ample'ope'nspace at therear' to permit of What is claimed is:

p ,1; In. a device of the 'classdescribed the combination ofia' plumbing fixture having a-lock nut, a lug on said nut, athreaded stud inthe lug, a coverhousing havingapairof lugs disposed on opposite sidesof the stud and anadjustable yoke on the stud abuttingi the lugsfor holding the cover housing in position on fthefixture fo'r concealing a lius'h pipe or'the like attached'to said fixture.

Y 2; Anelbowjhou'sing and mounting means" comprising {housing having a pair of notchedaprons and-ineans comprisinga lock I said studj iior mounting the'liousingon-a-fixnu-t having a istud, an'd a'n iadj-u-s'ta ble yoke on time carryingth'e gl'ock 111m and; I oncealing a pipe rolecting fromthe fixture."

Lota ilock' nutjon-the tank, a flush pipe con the cover tof-thetank. 2 4;. "-In combination {tan securing mam bowl having a spud; a pi e extendingirom' the-said nut -to the spud, a cove'rgfor' the pipe, and means earried-bythe pipe" for holding the cover to the "tank and concealingthe -pipe?'f' I for a ceramicielbow -h in p p i adjusting the yoke on the stud.

v 9. In combination with a tank having bore for receivingthe stud'an'd a nut for iflush pipe elbow extending therefrom v of a threaded stud depending from the tank, a cover for'the elbow having one end abutting the tank'and means on the stud andengaging tion' to cover said elbow. V V I In combination, a tank; a bowl, a flush the housing for retaining the housingin posiplpe elbow conneotlng thetank and bowl and a one-piece ceramic elbow-shaped coverextending-from the tank to thebowliandfixed. if

relative theretoindependentlyof the pipe. 1-1. In combination :a .tank a bowl, a'flush' pipe elbow connecting the tank land bowl and af one-pieoe achannel slhapedieeramic e'l bow 5 cover, tor the 131118 and extending from the tank to the bowhsa'id cover being fixed rel'a In testimony whereof; I have hereunto suba j scribed my namefthi sf 17 September,

' B H RELI-OHM ISTER:

' pipev-securing nut and 'independento-t the 1 Q housing 'Tan'd""-the l-ike jcompris'ingfa stud I 4 a j adapted for mounting adjacent a pip'ya per-' v forate yokels'lidable on ,the stud and-means for holding the yoke in adjusted position upon the stud to clamp the housing upon-a surface to coverthe pipe;

7 f 16. In combination atank, a 'bowl pipe O inect i1g 'the'tank" and bowl-and-a detach able one-piece cover rigidly mountedbetween the tank'and bowl for covering the pipe, said cover being independent ofconnection with the pipe.

7. 'Inra combinationof a valve lock nut for connection'to a tanklanda pipe, a -thre'aded de pending-stud on said nut, a yoke slidableon the 's'tud,a nut for the stud anda removable v-housingshaving lugs for engagement by the 8; lnfcombination a lock nut having pe yoke and adapted to be secured to the tank and to-coverthe pipe.

ripheral "lugs with transversely extending threaded bores, a threaded stud for mounting;

in a bore in one of the lugs, a yoke having a device he th 

